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OneStream Software · 21 hours ago

Distinguished Cloud Architect (Finance & Azure Experience Required)

OneStream Software is a leader in enterprise finance solutions, seeking a Distinguished Cloud Architect to define and drive their cloud architecture vision and modernization strategy. This role is responsible for shaping architectural direction and influencing cross-functional teams to deliver a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud platform for enterprise customers.

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Responsibilities

Define the multi-year cloud architecture strategy that enables OneStream’s transformation to a fully SaaS, cloud-native platform
Establish and maintain architectural principles, patterns, frameworks, and governance models that ensure consistency, reliability, security, and scale across all products and services
Evaluate and guide decisions on global infrastructure, compute layers, storage, networking, resiliency, multi-region deployment, and sovereign cloud support
Drive modernization of the OneStream platform, including containerization, microservices, distributed systems design, and cloud-native application architectures
Lead architectural design of core platform services, APIs, data layers, extensibility frameworks, and Marketplace infrastructure
Define and guide execution for foundational capabilities such as multi-tenancy, observability, security, event-driven workflows, and global high availability
Serve as the organization’s leading expert in Azure services, cloud infrastructure, AKS, compute/storage optimization, and enterprise cloud security
Architect scalable, reliable, cost-efficient cloud environments aligned with SaaS delivery and operational excellence
Partner with Cloud Engineering and DevOps on CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, governance, and cloud lifecycle management
Define performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability strategies for large-scale, mission-critical cloud workloads
Establish high-availability, disaster recovery, and resiliency patterns for OneStream’s global cloud platform
Ensure platform architecture anticipates future expansion, regulatory requirements, and customer scale
Partner with Security to embed secure-by-design principles, identity management, data protection, and compliance across all cloud services
Guide adoption of governance standards for cloud usage, resource provisioning, and operational controls
Define architectural guardrails and enforce consistency across engineering organizations
Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, product teams, and engineering directors
Lead architectural reviews, technology evaluations, and long-term planning across the organization
Mentor and develop senior engineers, principal engineers, and emerging architects
Represent OneStream’s cloud architecture vision internally and externally, when appropriate
Influence cloud operations strategy, monitoring frameworks, incident response patterns, and reliability engineering practices
Provide oversight and guidance on major outages, root cause analysis, and architectural improvements
Collaborate with Finance to model infrastructure costs, optimize cloud spend, and plan future investment

Qualification

Cloud ArchitectureAzure ExpertiseDistributed SystemsSaaS PlatformsSecurity ComplianceContainerizationMicroservicesTechnical LeadershipCommunication SkillsMentorship

Required

15+ years of experience in software architecture, cloud engineering, or distributed systems leadership
Proven experience architecting large-scale enterprise SaaS or cloud-native platforms
Deep expertise in Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, container orchestration, distributed systems, and cloud networking
Expert knowledge of compute, storage, database technologies, scaling strategies, and operational engineering
Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance frameworks, and identity management
Experience guiding multi-year modernization or platform migration initiatives
Demonstrated ability to influence executive levels and lead across multiple engineering organizations
Exceptional communication and leadership skills

Preferred

Experience with finance/CPM platforms or complex enterprise ecosystems
Background designing extensibility frameworks, Marketplace solutions, or developer platform ecosystems
Experience with multi-region, sovereign cloud, regulated-industry deployments
Prior experience mentoring principal-level engineers and architects

Benefits

Vision
Medical
Life
Dental
401K
Excellent Medical Plan
Dental & Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Short & Long Term Disability
Vacation Time
Paid Holidays
Professional Development
Retirement Plan

Company

OneStream Software

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OneStream Software is an independent software company that develops a financial planning and analysis software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$665M
Key Investors
D1 Capital Partners
2026-01-06Private Equity
2026-01-06Acquired
2024-11-14Post Ipo Secondary· $465M

Leadership Team

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Tom Shea
Chief Executive Officer
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Craig Colby
President - Co-founder
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